1979 22' Starcraft SuperSport V5 Restoration

[djpeters]

I had a mobile car/boat detailer come out this morning and clean up the carpet. Six years of dust had it looking brownish. Turned out great.

 

[Gibbles]

I had a mobile car/boat detailer come out this morning and clean up the carpet. Six years of dust had it looking brownish. Turned out great.View attachment 391537

Carpet seems so 2010, but good on the toes!
Looks good.

 

[djpeters]

Carpet seems so 2010, but good on the toes!
Looks good.

I tried installing vinyl on the floor and it was a disaster. Bubbled all up. We’re not fisherman so……

 

[djpeters]

Picked up this Juki Industrial Sewing Machine yesterday from a lady that retired from doing boat stuff.

 

[Moserkr]

Ill have to catch up on your thread when I have time cause Im one of those "fresh tin heads" haha. Welcome back, a big v5 SS would be high on my list to own if I had the opportunity. Will be following your next step of sewing seats intently. It's something I would like to learn since my fun budget has gone into the negative due to kids and a ton of hobbies.

 

[djpeters]

fun budget has gone into the negative due to kids

Ha! Truth there. I have two girls, a sophomore & a senior. Your reason is the same reason I’m going to do it myself….hopefully.

 

[djpeters]

I dug these panels out of the attic tonight. I cut these a long time ago. Going to need to do a little trimming and cut a couple hatch openings and finish coating them in epoxy. Then I’ll cover them in red vinyl.
I’ve been playing with the sewing machine a bit just practicing on some scraps.

 

[Gibbles]

Picked up this Juki Industrial Sewing Machine yesterday from a lady that retired from doing boat stuff.

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on my want list right there.
biggest problem is where would I put it?!

 

[djpeters]

Finally got the bow seating wood to fit good and the hatches and doors cut. Seemed to take forever, trim a little here, a little there….probably being way too fussy. I’m going to get some new brackets bent up for around the hatches as there are some cracks in the current ones. StarCraft was pretty sloppy making those. Now just coat of epoxy and the wrap them in red vinyl and the front can be put together permanently.

 

[djpeters]

Random question…..I was gifted this set of Hadley Air Horns years ago and they’re still in the box. Should I put them on the boat?

 

[jbcurt00]

Sure, under the console or gunwale....

 

[djpeters]

Sure, under the console or gunwale....

The compressor and tank and stuff would go under but I was thinking the horns on top of the gunwale next to the port windshield….

 

[Watermann]

Yeah put em on since you have them